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GEORGE GLATTER, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MILITARY AUTOMGJBILE.

Application led May 31, 1923. Serial No. 642,59.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE GLATTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Military Automobile, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to automobiles whereby the same are made particularly useful for military purposes and among the objects of my invention is', first, to provide means to repel efforts to board or mount the automobile on the sides thereof,-

by cavalry or infantry; second, to provide means whereby a trench can be filled sufficiently to permit the automobile to cross the trench; and third, `to provide means whereby the repelling mechanism, and the trench filling mechanism, respectively, may pass over or by obstructions adjacent to the path of the automobile.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the automobile, and interior mechanism;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section, at right angles to Fig. 1, on line 2 2 of said Fig. l, viewed as indicated by arrows;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, on line 3-3 of Fig. l, viewed .as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a bearing and adjacent parts of a bayonet shaft, on line 4 4 of Fig. 2, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the parts illustrated in Fig. 4, on line 5-5 of said figure, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section ofthe parts illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, on line 6-6 of Fig. 5, viewed as'indicated by arrows.

Fig. 7 is a vertical section showin@ gears contained in the transmission case wrhich is illustrated in Fig. 1.

And Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the mechanism `contained in a reverse gearbox forming an element of the construction illustrated in Fig. l.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents armor platescovering the automobile, and provided with slots a, a, through which the driver may observe the path of the automobile, and with the slots a', c', on opposite sides of the automobile,

through which machine gun lire may be directed. B, B, represent the rear and driving wheels of the automobile; and C, (Fig. l), a front and steering wheel. D represents a rigid nonrotatable shaft or aXle on which a driving wheel is rotatably mounted. Duplicate shafts, l), are on opposite sides of the automobile, for the duplicate driving Wheels B, B. E represents the shell or case of an internal combustion engine, and e the apron of the engine, which is illustrated in Fig. l as attached to shell or case E by bolts e', e. F, F, respectively represent bars, preferably of angle or channel iron, which extend longitudinally along the sides of the automobile, forming members of the chassis of the automobile, and f', respectively represent cross bars. aid bars f, f also form members of the chassis, the bar f being back of the driving wheels B, B, and bar f' forward of said driving wheels.

F', F', respectively represent al bar parallel to bars F, F, which extend from the j lateral bar f to the lateral bar f', adjacent to the inner sides of wheels B, B. Gr represents a box, duplicates of which are used to support the inner ends of shafts D, D. Il, represents a spring, duplicates'of which are interposed between the bars F, and f' and boxes G, G. The ends of the springs l-I, are attached to the members F and f of the chassis by pivots or pins g, g, with linhr g" interposed between the forward end of the springs and the bar f. rThe boxes G are rigidly attached to said springs intermediate of the ends, thereof, as by bolts G'. I represents a transmission shell or case, into which the crank shaft of the engine (F', Fig. 7), extends. rlhe transmission contained in boX or shell I, is of ordinary construction, to obtain variable forward speeds and a reverse movement to the shaft d'. represents a bevel gear rigidly secured on shaft J', and K represents a diderential of ordinary construction Vwhich is provided with a bevel gear (la), mounted to be in mesh with bevel gear y. lL,-lL' represent driving shafts from diderential K, and Z, Z' represent ear pinions which are rigidly secured on s afts L, L', respectively. M, M', respectively represent gears which are rigidly mounted on driving wheels B, B, to intermesh with gear pinions Z, Z', and by means of which said wheels B, B, are driven.

N represents a shaft which is continuwill ously rotated by the rotation of the crank shaft of the engine, and n represents a clutch member which is arranged to rotate with and to slide on shaft N; and a' represents a lever by means of which clutch member n is forced into and withdrawn from engagement with clutch member n". N represents a rotatably mounted shaft on which the clutch member fn," is rlgidly mounted. O represents a bevel gear which is rigidly mounted on shaft N. O re resents a substantially vertical rotataby mounted shaft, and O" represents a bevel gear wheel which is rigidly mounted on shaft O', to mesh with bevel gear O. P represents a machine gun which is opeiable from vertical shaft O'. The construction of the machine gun and the manner in which it is put into action from shaft O' forms no part of this invention and is not further described. Q represents a reverse gear box, and g, (Fig. 8), represents a sliding member on shaft N', which is arranged to rotate with said shaft and to slide thereon. g' represents allever by means of which the position of said sliding member g on shaft N', is controlled. g" and q, respectively represent geaiwheels which are rigidly secured on sliding member g, to turn therewith. Q', represents a pedal and Q" aconnecting rod between pedal Q and lever g', whereby the driver of the automobile may control the engagement and disengagement of the gear wheels q", g', with the gear wheels R and r. When the sliding member g is in neutral position, as illustrated in Fig. 8, the gear wheel g" is not in engagement with gear Wheel R, and the gear wheel g' is not in engagement with gear wheel r, and at said time the shaft N is not rotated. r represents an idler gear wheel which meshes with gear wheel R', said gear wheel R being rigidly mounted on shaft N". By the foregoing arrangement when gear wheel ff" is moved into engagemcnt with gear w ieel R shaft N" is rotated in one direction, and when gear wheel g' is moved into engagement with gear wheel r, said shaft N" is rotated in the opposite direction. S, (Fig. 1,) represents a shovel which is rotatably mounted on shaft S'. S" represents a worm which is rigidly mounted on shaft N, and S' represents a worm Wheel which is rigidly mounted on shaft S', to engage with worm S". The position of shovel S is thus determined bythe rotation of shaft N", and is held rigidly in place when said shaft N" is not rotated. T, T, represents shafts which are journaled invbearings t and t', respectively. Bearings t'. t', are pivotally mounted on pivots T', T', in sliding block t", (Figs. 4, 5 and 6), and T", T", represent members forming guide Ways for the sliding blocks t", t". T', Figs.v 4 and 5,

represent links which are pivotally connected at their lower ends with sliding blocks t, t, by means of pivots t"". The vertical position of the sliding block t" in its guide way is controlled by link T' and in Fig. 2 the one of said blocks on the left hand side of said figure is shown in a depressed and normal position, and the one on the right hand side of said figure is shown in an elevated position', as to pass over an obstruction. U, U, represents blades which are secured in hubs u, u, and said hubs are rigidly mounted on shafts T, T. The above described mechanism by means of which the outer ends of shafts T, T, may be elevated is to permit the raising of the blades U, U, to pass over an obstruction, when necessary. V represents a shaftin transmission box I. V' represents a lever secured on said shaft, V" a pedal operable by the driver of the automobile, and V' a rod from pedal V" to lever V. W represents a lever operable by the driver and W' a rod from said lever to lever n'. IV represents a lever operable by the driver. and 1'7"' a rod connecting said lever W" to lever X, of the transmission box I. Y represents a seat for the driver of the alitomobile, and 3/ a seat for the operator of the machine gun P. Y represents flooring in the automobile and y the steering wheel of the automobile.

Z, Z, represent gear wheels which are rigidly mounted on shaft T, to engage with gear wheel Z' which is rigidly mounted on shaftN. WVhen clutch members n and n are in engagement the rotation of shaft N rotates shafts T, T, through said gears Z, Z, and Z.

Z represents a bracket, four of which are secured to lateral bar f, on each Side of and adjacentto the driving wheels B, B, to which brackets the rear ends of sprin s H, H. are pivotally secured by bolts (g, g,

I claim;

1. In a military automobile provided with an armor over the body thereof, rotatably mounted shafts extending laterally through and beyond said armor, blades rigidly secured on said shafts, means to control the vertical position of said blades, in combination with a shaft rotatably mounted to extend longitudinally, onI said automobile, and gears on said shafts arranged to intermesh.

2. In a military automobile provided 'with an armor over the body thereof, rotatably mounted shafts extending laterally through and beyond said armor, blades rigidly secured on said shafts, and means to control the vertical position of the ends of said shafts on which said blades are mounted, in combination with a rotatable shaft mounted to extend longitudinally in said automobile, and gears rigidly mounted on all said shafts and arranged with the gears on said latmenace erally extending shafts intermeshing with tegear on said longitudinally extending s a 3. ln a military automobile provided with an armor over the body thereof, rotatably mounted shafts extending laterally through and beyond said armor, blades rigidly mounted on said shafts, and means, comprising journal bearings pivotally mounted in sldable blocks, guide Ways for said blocks, and links on said blocks, to control the verti# cal position of the ends of said shafts on which said blades are mounted, in combination with a rotatable shaft mounted to eX- tend longitudinally in said automobile, and gears rigidly mounted on all said shafts and arranged with the gears on. said laterally extending shafts inter-meshing with the gear on said longitudinally extending shaft.'

4. lfn a military automobile, a shovel, a rotatably mounted shaft extending laterally on said automobile, brackets rigidly secured to said shovel and to said shaft, and a worm Wheel rigidly mounted on said shaft, in combination With an additional rotatably mounted shaft at right angles to said first named shaft, a Worm rigidly mounted onv said additional shaft to engage with said Worm Wheel, means to rotate and control the direction of rotation of said additional shaft, said means to rotate and control comprising a second additional rotatably mounted shaft, a slidably mounted member on said second additional shaft arranged to rotate therewith, a lever arranged to control the sliding movement of said member on said shaft, gear Wheels on said sliding member and gear Wheels on said additional shaft, an idler gear Wheel rotatably .mounted to intermesh With one ofthe gear Wheels on said additional shaft, said gear Wheels on said slidable member arranged to be normally in a neutral position and on the movement thereof in one direction to intermesh With one of the gear Wheels on said additional shaft, and when moved in the opposite direction the other of said gear Wheels on saidv slidable member arranged to intermesh with said idler gear Wheel.

5. ln a military automobile provided with an armor, a pivotally mounted shovel at one end thereof, a Worm wheel rigidly secured to the pivot of said shovel, a shaft rotatably mounted at right angles to said pivot, a Worm rigidly mounted on saidshaft and arranged to mesh With said Worm wheel, in combination with means to rotate `said shaft in opposite directions, and means to control said rotation.

GEORGE GLATTER. 

